I Peter 2:3

      if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

     Here we see the reason behind our willingness to put aside all self-serving sin as in verse 1 and crave God’s Word as in verse 2:  we have, indeed, “tasted that the Lord is gracious.”  We have knelt with Him in the mornings and experienced the wonder of his presence.  We have drawn near to Him and instead of finding a harsh judge, we have found Him gracious.  We have fallen in sin and come back in repentance and found Him graciously forgiving.  We have fallen beneath the weight of our needs and found Him graciously providing.  Yes, we have found God gracious toward us, and the thought blesses and reblesses our soul and stirs in us a longing to be holy and put aside the sins of verse 1, and fills us with a longing to know Him better and study His Word as in verse 2.  Oh how gracious God has been with our family.  May we respond rightly to the privilege of tasting His goodness by turning from sin and turning our attention on His Word.